Stephen Colbert brings on Thomas Friedman, author of The World is Flat and it's clear that the same man who said "Suck on this, Iraq" is not dancing
September 24, 2007

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Stephen Colbert brings on Thomas Friedman, author of The World is Flat and it's clear that the same man who said "Suck on this, Iraq" is not dancing to the same tune now. Colbert offers up the same six months (also known as a Friedman Unit or FU) that Friedman has spent the last four years claiming would be all we need to see "success in Iraq," but Friedman admits we're all out of FUs.

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